# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaBR8fSAlXQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67190149-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9e4841abb3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-25T19:08:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz is officially closed. 🎉🎉🎉

We’ve reached a huge milestone in our fight against the mass detention center in the heart of the Everglades: ICE announced it has removed all detainees from the cruelly named “Alligator Alcatraz,” and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed it is closed. 

For a year, the Center has fought to shut down this facility as officials tried to bulldoze environmental laws protecting the Everglades and endangered species like Florida panthers and Florida bonneted bats. 

This fight has been in collaboration with friendsoftheeverglades, earthjustice and miccosukeetribeofindians — and everyone who raised their voices against this facility. 

“Overwhelming opposition has forced Trump and DeSantis to scamper away from Alligator Alcatraz with their tails between their legs,” said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director and an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Now we’ll make sure they clean up their mess and work to protect the entire site so panthers can roam and bonneted bats can reclaim the star-spangled skies.” 

Closing the facility is only the first step. The next step: full restoration

We will keep working to ensure accountability, full restoration of the site, and long-term protection so a tragedy like this can ever happen again. 

You can help with a contribution to our Future for the Wild Fund — doubled if you donate now. 

[Video description: Aerial footage spanning across a segment of the Florida Everglades. Text overlay reads, breaking news. Alligator Alcatraz is closed.]

#AlligatorAlcatraz #EnvironmentalLaw #EnvironmentalNews #FloridaEverglades #EnvironmentalActivism

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environmentalactivism, floridaeverglades, environmentallaw, environmentalnews, alligatoralcatraz

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